East Meadow Library Hosts Lorre Program

On Friday, June 20, 2025, longtime movie fan Keith Crocker will host a showing of The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) at the East Meadow Public Library, located in East Meadow, New York.

The presentation will begin at 1 pm in the library’s Community Room.

Admission is free for everyone. Registration is required. Attendees may register on the library’s website by clicking on the blue button “Begin Registration” on the page for this event.

The program is part of the series “Pop Culture Films with Keith Crocker”, held regularly at the library.

The Beast with Five Fingers stars Peter Lorre as Hilary Cummins, a librarian to a reclusive concert pianist (Victor Francen) in an Italian villa at the turn of the century. When the pianist dies in a fall down the staircase, Hilary starts to see the pianist’s hand roaming around the villa, murdering anyone who attempts to change the pianist’s will. Director Robert Florey had worked with Peter earlier in The Face Behind the Mask (1940).

The East Meadow Public Library is located at 1886 Front Street, in East Meadow, New York.

Parking is available in the parking lot behind the library.

Unable to attend Keith Crocker’s program? The Beast with Five Fingers is now available on Blu-Ray, with many extra features, including audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman. Order it from Amazon – United States.